News About LegalHealth

Our attorneys and paralegals spend months, sometimes years, working closely with individuals and families in crisis. We hear their stories and see their pain, but we also see the dignity, humor and hope that gives them the strength to fight, with their lawyers by their side, for justice and the chance of a better life.

The NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs announced it will expand its ActionNYC program and its partnership with NYLAG’s LegalHealth Division and NYC Health + Hospitals, to ensure that additional legal assistance is available to immigrant New Yorkers at a time of fear and uncertainty within immigrant communities.

The topic of suicide and suicide prevention is an important one for NYLAG staff members across the agency who work with clients dealing with stressors that can lead to depression and thoughts of suicide.

After changes to federal immigration policy, staff members from across NYLAG have been working seven days a week in partnership with the City, advocates and the pro bono community to reassure and advise frightened immigrants and fill the information void.

Fifteen years ago LegalHealth was one of the first medical-legal partnerships introduced in the U.S. Since then, 294 such programs have been established in 41 states around the country, helping to remove non-medical barriers to better health for low-income patients.